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New York Times, Thursday, April 6, 2006

Author:
Ed Early
Editor:
Will Shortz
42-Across : Part of a wheel
TotalDebutLatestCollabs
557/7/19947/14/20081
SunMonTueWedThuFriSatVariety
1917117442
ScrabDebutFresh
1.5419532%
Ed Early

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 72, Blocks: 34 Missing: {FJQVXZ} This is puzzle # 46 for Mr. Early. Thursday freshness: 98%
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© 2006, The New York Times4/6/6 ( No. 20,603 )
Across
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Former steel giant : ARMCO
6
It may be raised in an argument : IRE
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Draw up a new plan : REMAP
14
Picked up : HEARD
15
___ ami : MON
16
Alamogordo's county : OTERO
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Start of a quote by Lord Jeffery, 18th-century literary critic and judge : AGOODNAME
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Numbskulls : DODOS
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Body of British peers : BARONAGE
21
Father, Son and Holy Ghost : TRIUNE
22
Quote, part 2 : LIKEGOODWILLIS
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Magazine no. : ISS
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Star in Orion : RIGEL
26
Blacks : EBONS
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Lindbergh baby kidnapper ___ Hauptmann : BRUNO
31
Made a fast stop? : ATE
34
It keeps its head above water : BERG
35
Quote, part 3 : GOTBY
36
3-D tests : MRIS
37
"___ Mir Bist du Schön" : BEI
38
Elegance : CLASS
39
Carlos y Felipe, e.g. : REYES
40
Neutral colors : ECRUS
42
Part of a wheel : COG
43
Quote, part 4 : MANYACTIONSAND
49
Charge : ATTACK
50
More like Midas : GREEDIER
52
Kind of call : CRANK
53
End of the quote : LOSTBYONE
54
Bright-eyed Couric : KATIE
55
Something you can use but I can't : ARE
56
Like some bridge suits, sometimes : UNBID
57
Pass : SPEND
58
Russia, once: Abbr. : SSR
59
Regards : DEEMS
Down
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One-legged literary character : AHAB
2
August : REGAL
3
Native New Zealander : MAORI
4
Bending : CROOKING
5
Idiosyncrasy : ODDNESS
6
Insect stage : IMAGO
7
Friar Laurence said to him, "Thou art wedded to calamity" : ROMEO
8
Detroit-to-Montreal dir. : ENE
9
Spanish composer Joaquin : RODRIGO
10
Twinkler in le ciel : ETOILE
11
Relating to bone marrow : MEDULLARY
12
Rice-___ : ARONI
13
Struck things : POSES
18
Ones bet on by bettors : NAGS
21
Like strong string : TWINY
23
Beats but good : DRUBS
26
Flow's partner : EBB
27
Old-fashioned social : BEE
28
Get positioned : ORIENTATE
29
"We're #1!," e.g. : BOAST
30
Some footballers: Abbr. : RTS
32
Couple : TIE
33
Snaky character : ESS
35
"La clemenza di Tito" composer : GLUCK
36
10 newtons : MEGADYNE
38
Like the Liberty Bell : CRACKED
39
Mystery word in "Citizen Kane" : ROSEBUD
41
Dye used on photographic plates : CYANIN
42
Popular online tech. news source : CNET
43
Big trucks : MACKS
44
"Watch out! It's ___!" : ATRAP
45
Sikorsky et al. : IGORS
46
Skating champ Brian : ORSER
47
Daughter of Tantalus who was turned to stone : NIOBE
48
Blue material : DENIM
51
Roulette bets : REDS
53
Musical syllables : LAS

Answer summary:
7 unique to this puzzle, 2 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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